The high court in Delhi upheld a trial court’s decision on Sunday to sentence 20 elite college kids to death for beating a second-year pupil to death over his reported political involvement in 2019.
A bench of justices named AKM Asaduzzaman and Syed Enayet Hossain, according to court officers, pronounced the ruling while wrapping up the reading on the necessary dying guide and reading the appeals of prisoners ‘ appeals against the lower court judgment.
All of the prisoners, who were Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology students, were students of overthrew prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, or Bangladesh Chhatra League, which has since been disbanded.
Abrar Fahad, a second-year electrical and electronics scholar, was attacked on October 7, 2019 by the authorities for a Twitter post criticizing the government. The following morning, Fahad’s damaged body was discovered in his college dorm. Eventually, investigations revealed that 25 other students had brutally beaten him to dying with a cricket bat and another blunt objects for about six hours.
Following Fahad’s crime, the individuals were quickly expelled. When Awami League was in power, a Dhaka prosecutor handed the 20 convicts the death penalty on December 8, 2021.
Azizur Rahman Dulu, the defense attorney, expressed disappointment with the ruling. We’ll file an appeal to the Appellate Division, hoping to be dealt with it, he continued.
